Sanctuary-lamp



F. (JUIN.

SANCTUARY LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 4. 1919.

1,339,788. Patented May 11,1920.

FRANK QUN, OF PHILADELI-IIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SANCTUARY-LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1920.

Application led November 4, 1919. Serial No. 335,784.

To ZZ whom t may Concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK QUIK, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Sanctuary-Lamm, of which the following is a specification.

The wick of sanctuary lamp is usually so arranged in the ruby-glass thereof that the wick is consumed concurrently with oil in which it stands. The result is that when the oil has been partly consumed the wick has burned off so that the Haine therefrom is obscured by the metal parts of the lamp supporting the ruby-glass which to all intents and purposes has the effect of a nonilluminated lamp. Another disadvantage resulting from the use of a wick burning concurrently with oil is that it needs daily replenishment.

This invention has for its leading object to overcome the above described disadvantageous features and provide a sanctuary lamp in which the flame always appears above the metal parts supporting the rubyglass and to also provide a lamp the wick of which may burn for a long period of time without necessitating replenishment. Another object of the present invention resides in the provision of a new and novel arrangement of wick and wick-holder for attaining the results sought by the leading` obiect.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described and finally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in which:

Figure 17 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section of a sanctuary lamp embodying features of the invention,

Fig. 2, is a top or plan view of the wickholder shown in Fig. 1, detached from the lamp, and Fig. 3, is an elevational view thereof', partly sectioned.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

In the drawings 10 designates a sanctuary lamp which for illustrative purposes is shown as being of the suspended type. The body portion 11 of' the lamp, which is of metal, terminates in a cup-shaped member 12 in which is seated a vessel 13 for containing liquid illuminant. This vessel is' of red glass and is usually termed a ruby-glass. The upper portion of the ruby-glass extends well above the top of the member 12. These parts are of' standard construction and may be of varied design. A description will now be given of my improved wick and wick holder. In the embodiment of holder shown for illustrative purposes7 the same comprises a disk-like portion 14 extended from which isl an arm 15 terminating in divergent finger-pieces 16. The fingerpieces are bent over to form ruby-glass-rim engaging portions 16. The disk-like portion 14 is centrally apertured and is in register with a socket 17 which depends from said disk-like portion. 1n practice the arm is constructed of thin metal and the socket of glass tubing, although obviously other materials may be employed. Likewise the disk-like portion may be connected by two or more arms if desired. The disk-like portion 'is centrally disposed with respect to the ruby-glass and is horizontally positioned quite some distance below the rim of the ruby-glass. The arm extends upwardly and outwardly in a curved manner from said part 14e. Extended through the socket 17 is a wick 18 of textile material which reaches to the bottom of the ruby-glass. The wick has a tight fit with respect to the socket andv is held securely in place thereby. The oil line, when the ruby-glass is filled, is approximately level with the bottom of socket 17. 1n practice the top of disk-like member is approximately flush with the upper rim of the ruby-glass support so that it as well as the socket 17 and wick 18 are hidden from view. Thus the wick flame appears slightly above the upper line of the ruby-glass support and is constant and clearly visible at that level. Thus arranged the wick functions by capillary attraction and needs no attention other than occasional trimming and the oil supply' is calculated to last for a period of time extending over seven days. Since a sanctuary lamp burns night and day the advantage gained by not having to renew wicks is readily apparent.

lt will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description and While l have in the present instance shown and described the preferred embodiment thereof which has been Jfound in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modiication in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacricing any of its advantages.

What I claim is:

In a sanctuary lamp the combination of a body portion terminating in a cup-shaped member, a vessel adapted to contain a liquid illuminant mounted in said member, with a wick-holder comprising a horizontally disposed, vertically apertured disk-like portion, an upwardly and outwardly extending arm for said disk-like portion which arm is inversely-conversely curved, divergent linger pieces for said arm which finger pieces cooperatively engage the rim of said vessel, said dish-like portion, arm and linger-pieces being in integral structure, the juncture of said linger pieces being with the conversely curved part o said arm, a depending socket fitted to the apertured portion of said disklike portion and a wick of a diameter in excess of the socket-passage diameter depending from said socket into the liquid illuminant, said wick, as consumed, being adapted to give off a flame which is constant in a plane above the plane oli the upper rim of said cup-shaped member.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

FRANK QUIN. 

